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==Launch==
 
==Launch==
 
''Canada'' was launched as ''Almirante Latorre'' on [[27 November]], [[1913]] by Mme. Edwards, wife of the Chilean Minister.
 
''Canada'' was launched as ''Almirante Latorre'' on [[27 November]], [[1913]] by Mme. Edwards, wife of the Chilean Minister.
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==Fire Control Systems==
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===Rangefinders===
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===Directors===
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====Main Battery====
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''Canada'' was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 142</ref>.  It is likely that B turret had a directing gun in its right position.
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====Secondary Battery====
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Her 6-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors, probably situated ton port and starboard<ref>''The Director Firing Handbook, 1917''.  p. 143</ref>.
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===Torpedo Control===
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===Transmitting Stations===
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===Dreyer Table===
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''Canada'' had a Mark IV* Dreyer table<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>, and no Dreyer Turret Control Tables<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>.
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===Miscellaneous===
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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{{Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917}}
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{{Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
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Revision as of 15:50, 13 August 2009

H.M.S. Canada
Career Details
Pennant: 01 (April, 1918)
Built By: Armstrong's, Elswick
Laid down: 27 November, 1911
Launched: 27 November, 1913
Commissioned: 30 September, 1915
Sold: April, 1920
Fate: Served in the Chilean Navy

Launch

Canada was launched as Almirante Latorre on 27 November, 1913 by Mme. Edwards, wife of the Chilean Minister.

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors

Main Battery

Canada was fitted with 2 tripod-type directors, one in an armoured tower and one in a light aloft tower[1]. It is likely that B turret had a directing gun in its right position.

Secondary Battery

Her 6-in guns were supported by a pair of pedestal-mounted directors, probably situated ton port and starboard[2].

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Canada had a Mark IV* Dreyer table[3], and no Dreyer Turret Control Tables[4].

Miscellaneous

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 142
  2. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143
  3. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

Bibliography

Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917 Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918

Template:HMS Canada Class (1913)

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